Bell Ringer: Language WorkshopHomecoming Voting Mark 2 best journal entries with post it notes. Journal check! Do Exercise 4 (1-5) on a piece of notebook paper. These sentences are from Francine Prose's essay.
3A- Continue our Socratic Seminar. Those in the outside circle last time need to be in the inside circle. Outside circle participates via Twub! Return to the TEXT! What would Emerson say about the points you bring up? Look at your annotated essay; this is where you will find great points to bring up!
Analytical Writing Pre-Assessment (30 minutes)
Read "America Needs Its Nerds"
Annotate as you read, selecting key textual evidence. Think about tone, audience, and purpose!
Write a tone thesis statement that precisely pinpoints the author's tone and purpose.
Write one analytical chunk containing key evidence from the text (concrete detail- CD) and two insightful and astute commentary sentences relating this evidence to your thesis (commentary- CM)
Discussion
Briefly discuss the argument.
Complete the graphic organizer by taking notes from 3 classmates. What text evidence did they find? What big ideas did they write about?
Look at Suggestions for Writing questions 1 and 5. Respond to one of these prompts in a well-written blog post. Label it "Education". Have this posted by Tuesday!
Guiding Questions: What is the purpose of education? Are schools achieving this purpose?
America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.
Evan EsarAmerican Humorist (1899 - 1995)Bell Ringer: Language WorkshopHomecoming Voting
Mark 2 best journal entries with post it notes. Journal check!
Do Exercise 4 (1-5) on a piece of notebook paper. These sentences are from Francine Prose's essay.
3A- Continue our Socratic Seminar. Those in the outside circle last time need to be in the inside circle. Outside circle participates via Twub!
Return to the TEXT! What would Emerson say about the points you bring up? Look at your annotated essay; this is where you will find great points to bring up!
Analytical Writing Pre-Assessment (30 minutes)
Discussion
Briefly discuss the argument.Complete the graphic organizer by taking notes from 3 classmates. What text evidence did they find? What big ideas did they write about?
Homework
Look at Suggestions for Writing questions 1 and 5. Respond to one of these prompts in a well-written blog post. Label it "Education". Have this posted by Tuesday!